Categories: World

Turkey reports highest daily Covid-19 cases

Turkey has reported its highest number of daily Covid-19 cases in the past one and a half months, Health Minister Fahrettin Koca said.

"Our number of cases has been on the rise for a while. We reached the highest number of patients in the last 1.5 months," Xinhua news agency quoted Koca as saying to the media yesterday.

Turkey confirmed 1,303 new Covid-19 cases yesterday, raising the total diagnosed cases to 253,108, he added.

Meanwhile, 23 people died in the past 24 hours, taking the death toll to 6,039.

Turkish health professionals conducted 87,223 tests in the past 24 hours, bringing the overall number of tests to 5,969,629, he said.

A total of 1,002 patients recovered in the last 24 hours, raising the total recoveries to 233,915 in Turkey since the outbreak, Koca noted.

Turkey reported the first coronavirus case on March 11..

AddThis Website Tools
IANS

Recent Posts

“India has right to defend herself against terror,” says German Foreign Minister, endorses Op Sindoor

Germany has come out resolutely behind India and its fight against terrorism under Operation Sindoor.…

9 hours ago

“Balochistan is an open-air prison, and world looks away”: Baloch leader Mehran Marri

Baloch leader Mehran Marri has accused Pakistan of unlawfully occupying Balochistan since 1948, transforming the…

10 hours ago

Trump administration to tighten AI chip export curbs to China despite Nvidia CEO’s pushback

The Trump administration announced on Wednesday that it will continue its efforts to prevent advanced…

12 hours ago

Jaishankar meets German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, conveys best wishes of PM Modi

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar met with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz in Berlin on Friday…

14 hours ago

CTA concludes month-long campaign demanding justice for Panchen Lama, 30 years after disappearance

The Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) launched a Month-long Panchen Lama Awareness Program aimed at educating…

14 hours ago

In Moscow, Indian envoy Vinay Kumar briefs all-party delegation on India-Russia ties

India's Ambassador to Russia, Vinay Kumar, on Friday, briefed the all-party parliamentary delegation, led by…

16 hours ago